Fascinated by the new Graham & Brown wallpaper patterns design*sponge pointed out

Antec's new Skeleton Case ~ is pretty much as barebones as you can get! And gorgeous design as well...

Schemata Architecture Office's 63.02° House, built in a dense residential area in Nakano, Tokyo. The house is sited 63.02 degrees towards the front road, allowing a wide and deep view of the neighborhood.

How to Cool a Planet: Futuristic ways to fight against the global warming. (NY Times old issue - 2006 - but worth reading!) Click to see the full graphic!

The Super Genintari! This behemoth of a console brings the Atari 2600, NES, SNES and Genesis together at long last. I love the Pacman power button. Designed and built by Richard DaLuz.

TOUCH WALL PANELS: Thermosensitive modular wall panels that shift color in response to body heat.

Introducing the Obama Force One by artist Jimm Lasser.

Love the illustrative work of Ryan McLennan. His website is full of goodness.

Emo for Obama - i couldn't help laughing when i saw this latest obama inspired design from Democratic Stuff.

Artist Andrew Wilson's contribution to Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier's gallery show at 1988, "Crazy 4 Cult," showcasing a multitude of characters from cult movies.

Love this - D-Vision created the Small Apple Dish to aesthetically incorporate your apple core when you are done with it.

A hillside house in Ushimado, Japan by Tezuka Architects - the entire rear facade opens up via some sliding doors.

Schemata Studio's Kurage fixture - a fiber optic light that creates a brighter or more dimming illumination by adjusting its curve.

Nice package! New premium, sustainable wood packaging from The Cyberoptix TieLab.

In the final build-up to the opening of Beijing 2008, two wonderful and anticipated new TV spots - Coca Cola's "Bird's Nest Stadium" and Adidas' "Countdown" - were finally aired this week.

Chris Gilmour's cardboard version of Bond's Aston Martin is amazing. Includes front mounted machine guns, pop-out wheel blades, flip up stick shift eject button and more. Also check out Gilmour's cardboard safe and bicycle.

An advertisement for SBS's coverage of the Tour De France that is an epic 21 day endurance event for one Melbourne cyclist. His pedaling is powering a scrolling metrolite from 8-4, stopping only for two rest days as per the actual event.

The River Gym concept is a human-powered floating gym that will provide the user with the one experience that no other gym can provide: floating your workout around Manhattan.

Tinker Hatfield, Nike's Architect. great interview that explains Renzo Piano's intent in designing the Pompidou Centre and direct relation to designing Nike's iconic sneaker, The Air Max [video!]

The Aivan Concept Radio. The dial stays put as the radio moves around it.

Visual communication on Marsatac festival. White poster but clues hidden in the decor.

On-going photo series by photographer Mikhail Wassmer; described as “Pulling the kids out of their familiar party atmosphere and having them pose without smiling"

Really cool new feature was just added to Nike iD - Photo iD. Take a pictures with your phone, send it via MMS to Nike iD and use the colors from the photo on your customized Nike sneakers. Nice fusion of design and technology!

Turbo Stirrers ~ a fun way to really mix up your drinks!

A finely crafted Fabergé Buddha made from bowenite which was previously owned by billionaire shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Soon to be up for auction - estimate of £350,000.

Formatmag.com releases over 70 new wallpapers with the Sneaker Wallpapers II Collection and the Issue 40 Anniversary Collection.

Lovegrove and Repucci have just released their follow up to their New York Delft Dinnerware with this set of London Delft Dinnerware. 5 piece porcelain place setting is 100$. And totally cool.

beautiful organic creations in porcelain from uk-based artist claire palastanga.

3rd Space FPS, a vest that input real pain in the player. Allows you to know where enemies are shooting from. Retailing for $169.00, it is available in Camoflauge or Black. Oh! Lights are fading... I'm feeling cold...

Tutrix is a system which support plants growth. I like the concept, moreover design is cool and flexible.

You'll know it when you see it. Watch out Google.

Don't believe it wasn't Photoshopped? Here's the proof: 1,000 water bottles spread out across the Salt Flats in El Paso. Check out the visual diaries for some jaw-dropping shots... by SKAGGS for TOTO.

Onitsuka Tiger has introduced sneaker vending machines in London. All sneakers in the machines are given out for free! Definitely a nice initiative and maybe we will see more of the kind in the future!

Projekt0 - Growth of cubic bacteria

The new Miami Art Museum from Herzog & de Meuron can only be described as the modern interpretation of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon - an imaginative structure that bridges urban spaces, climates and cultures.

Bigger isn't always better - the world's thinnest ring.

Boucheron have celebrated their 150th anniversary by making a necklace out of real chocolate which features a 20.08 carat yellow diamond on it.

New visual identity of the coolant Kuat in Brazil

Elegant and inspiriting underwater photography from Zena Holloway.

Orphaned hedgehogs adopt cleaning brush as their mother

We need some help! A project we're working on needs some flash ads, and we could use a solid flash developer to work with our designer for this small project (and perhaps more to come!)

MP3 players really do not come much smaller than this beautifully cute wooden Acorn MP3 player (which still packs in 1GB of internal storage capacity).

This spinning dot-matrix printer sprays inkjet messages on ping pong balls. Did I happen to mention that they're used as ammunition for a giant ping pong ball firing robot?

The Cape Schank House in Victoria, AU, has an internal water tank that cools the ambient air temperature of the living room during summer, supplies rain water to the house and garden, and structurally carries the roof load.

Sterling silver ring with built-in microphone that works! From AnalogueAesthetics.

Romanywg's white BEAThovens... a bit silly to put ipod/headphones on a deaf musician... unless you could dock yours and music would come out! (Which it doesnt)